Coat-hanger.



PATENTED DEC. 25

Non 839,284.

I. GERACI. GOAT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MBA, 1905.

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v wihwooao I To all whom it concern:

- U1 TED STATES GN A IUs GERACI, OF WASHINGTON, DlS TRILT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR PATENT OFFICE.

COLUMBIA.

'- Specification or Letters Patent.

coin-HANGER.

' Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application flied February 4, 1900. Serial No. 244.287.

Be it known that I IGNATIUS Gamer, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia,

' have invented new and useful Im roven'ients in Coat-Hangers, of which the ollowis aspecification.

v y invention has relation to new and useful improvements in coat-hangers, and more especially to that type or character cf han ers which support the garment-by the 'shou ders thereof, so that the garment will be suspended in a position as nearly as possible that it assumes when being worn.

The primary object oi-the invention is to construct the hanger, of the character mentioned having characteristics of adjustment which will render it adaptable for use with coats tailored to have either square or drooping shoulders.

A further object is to provide a coata hanger which will be simple in construction,

disposed shoulder-pieces having a pivotal satisfactory in use, and arranged and connected that they ma readily and conveniently disassembled purposes of packin so as to occupy sma 1 space when shipped in large numbers. y

The invention consists in'providing a susension device which supports oppositelyaving its parts so for connection at their meeting ends and means for adjusting them on their. ivots, each shoulderiece consisting ofv a b ank of suitable fiexi le sheet material bent to have the proper conformation to properly support the shoulders of the coat, means being provided to'maintain saidblanks in their bent or flexed position and against collapsing.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, to be taken as a part of this specification, and wherein p Fi e 1 is a view in front elevation of a coatanger embodyin my invention, the shoulder-pieces being s own in one position of adjustment by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the meeting ends of the shoulder-pieces and centrally through the spacing-block and suspension device, the rigid connecting-bar not being shown. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my improved hanger. Fig. 4 is a bottom lan view.

ig. 5 is asectional view taken on .t e line 5 5 formed.

or transportation and of a rigid connecting-bar 9, having one en of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a lan view of one of the blanks from which t e shoulder-pieces are Referring to the drawings, 11 designate the shoulderieces, which when the ban er is in use are p aced within the coat and which serve as the su porting means for the latter. Each of these s oulder-pieces is made from a sheet or blank -2 of strong flexible sheet material, such as cardboard, strawboard, leatherboard, or other similar material.

The blank 2 is bounded on its sides by conver 'ng lines 3 3. The wider or inner end of sai blank, or that end which constitutes the end of the shoulder-piece which is pivoted to the suspension device,is curved, as shown at 4, and said curved edge is formed with a recess or cut-away portion 5, which serves a pu ose to be made more fully a parent hereina er. Each blank is provi ed also at a point on each side of the recess with an aperture 6, said a ertures when the blank is bent to form the s oulder-piece alining with each other to provide bearings to receive a ivot for the shoulderpiece, as will be present y set forth. The apertures 6 are preferably bounded by an eyelet 6", constituting a bushing tov prevent wear of the edges of said a ertures incident to movement of the shoul erpieces on their pivot. To form the shoulder-pieces, each blank is bent or flexed along its longitudinal center to form the curved supporting-surface 7 and the oppositel -dispose depending side portions 8, .as 0 early shown in-the drawings. Means is provided for connecting the side portions 8 to each'other, so as to maintain the blank in its flexed position and against collapsing, which means is shown as consistin permanentlyand pivotall attached to the inner side of one of the epending portions 8, as at 10, and having its opposite end bent at an angle thereto to form a hook 11', adapted to detachably engage an e e or other suitable device 12, secured on t e inner side of the portion 8 opposite to that to which said connecting bar is 1pivoted. The pivoted connection between t e connecting-bar 9 and the de ending portion 8 is made byfastem'ng to sai depending fportion a sheet-metal late 10, having an 0 set portion to provi e an eye or loop 10", which'receives a laterall bent portion ,9 on the end'of the bar 9, t e

said bent portion extending through said loop and havingits end bent or upset, as at 9*, to prevent dislodgment of said bar 9.

The strap or plate 10" is secured in position by means of the well-known commercial eyelet-rivets, which rovide an extremely inexpensive and at t e same time efliclent fastening. device. The eye or loop for the hooked end of the c'dnnecting-bar is shown as having the same form and construction as the strap or plate 10, and therefore need not be specifically described.

It will be seen that when the blank is flexed to form the shoulder-piece and the hooked end of the bar 9 engaged within the eye 12 the blank will be effectually held in its flexed position and against collapsing and that the disengagement of the hooked end of said bar will permit the blank to be flattened out so that it may be conveniently acked for transportation. When the llank 1s flattened out, the connecting-bar 9 may be folded down upon the face of the blank so as to occupy but small space and whereby the blank and its appurtenances are practically flat, as shown in Fig. 6. g

The shoulder-pieces constructed as above described are duplicates in every detail, so that no rights or lefts have to be considered when forming the blanks or in assembling said shoulder-pieces to provide the complete hanger. As shown in the drawings it will be seen that the blanks 2 are formed at the wider end with two extensions .13 13, which are formed b the recess 5. Theshoulderpieces, as a ove described, are arranged with the extensions 13 in interlocked relation, the extension on one side of each shoulder-piece being disposed in engagement with the corresponding extension on the opposite shoulder-piece, each shoulder-piece having one of its extensions arranged in the space between the extensions on the opposite shoulder-piece and one extension arranged outside said space, the said extensions overlapping each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. When the shoulder-piece are in the positions just set forth, the apertures 6 therein register and are adapted to receive a pivot upon which the shoulder-pieces swing when their inclination is being ad-' justed.

14 designates a suspension-hook adapted to engage any suitable supporting device to support the coat-hanger in operative position. The shank of this hook is formed with an oflset portion 15 to provide a clearance-space for the collar of the coat when the latter is in position on the shoulder-pieces, and below said offset portion the shank is carried downwardl in a vertical direction, as at 16, and is then oubled upon itself, as at 17. the end of the shank being carried back along the vertical portion 16 to a point intermediate the ends of the latter and is then bent at an angle 'its free end project for a short distance .be-'

yond the face of the said depending portions 8, said end being threaded, at at 19, and engaged by a washer and wing-nut 20. In the space between the interengagin extensions of the shoulderpiece and u on t 1e pivot-pin 18 is a spacing sleeve or look 21, against which and also the doubled portion of the shank of the sup orting-hookthe pivoted ends of the shou der-pieces are forced and held b the wing-nut 20 when the latter is secured upon the threaded end of the pivotpin 18, whereby to give rigidity to the structure.

It will be seen from the above description taken in connection with the drawings, that the shoulder pieces are free to swing upon the pivot to assume various inclinations suitable for .supportin a coat having either square or drooping s oulders, and means will how be described for holdin the shoulder pieces in the position to whiddi they may be adjusted. The ineans I preferably employ for accomplishing the object stated consists in providing one of the extensions of each blank 2 with a plurality of socket-fastenings 22, arranged in a; curved line and located substantially as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and the opposite extension of the blank is provided with a single head 23.

It might be stated that the extension of each blank which, when the shoulder-pieces are formed and assembled, comes between the extensions on the opposite shoulder-piece, is the one carrying the head, and extension on the outside carries the sockets, the arrangement being such that the sockets on one shoulder-piece will be in position to cooperate with the head on the o posite shoulderpiece, and by swinging the shoulder-pieces on their pivot to the desired inclination and snapping the socket-fastening on one shoulder-piece over the head on the opposite shoulder-pieces, said pieces will be held immovable on their pivots and maintained in adjustable position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 4 1. In a coat-hanger, a supporting device, shoulder-pieces movably connected at their inner ends to said device, each shoulder-piece consistin of a blank of flexible sheet material flexe along its longitudinal center, rigid means for maintaining the blank in flexed position and against collapsing, and means for adjusting the shoulder-pieces to various angles of inclination.

2. In a coat-hanger, a supporting device, shoulder-pieces movably connected at their IIC , rial flexed alongssaaea; I

blank in flexed position and against collapsing, and 1 means for adjusting the shoulder- I pieces so that the supporting-surfaces may assume various angles of inclination.

,3'. Ina coat -.hanger, a shoulderpiece 1 formed from a blank of flexible sheet material, flexed to form said shoulder-piece, and

' iglid means connecting portions of said blank 1 5 r w ereby it is maintained in flexed position and prevented from collapsing.

4. In a coat-hanger, a supporting device, similar shoulder-pieces mounted on said device, each consisting of a blank of flexible sheet material flexed alongits longitudinal center, and rigid means connecti different portions of each of .said blanks or maintaining them in flexed position and against collapsing.

5. In a'coat-hanger, a supporti device shoulder-pieces movably mountdlf on said device, each shoulder-piece consisting of a blank flexed along its longitudinal center means for maintaining the blank in flexe position comprising a connecting-bar pivoted to one portion of the blank and means carried by another portion of the blank to be detachably engaged by the opposite end of the bar, an means whereb the shoulder-pieces may be adjusted and held at difl'erent angles of inclination. v.

6. In a coat-hanger, a supporting device shoulder-pieces movably mounted on sai device, each shoulder-piece consisting of a blank flexed along its longitudinal center means for maintaining the blank in flexed position comprising a connecting-rod pivoted at one end to one portion of the blank and having a hook atits opposite end, and an eye mounted in another .--"'of a blank flexed along its longitudinal cen- 6o 1 held at difleren-t angles ofinclination.

8.- Ina coat-hanger, a supporting device,

ter to provide a curved supporting-surface and depending side ortions, the side connecting said overlapping ends whereby the shoulder-pieces may be' adjusted and shoulder-pieces pivoted at their inner ends to said device, each shoulder-piecefconsisting supporting-surface and deortion of the blank and adapted to receive t e hook on the connect-,

be adjusted and eld at different or-. tions at the inner en of each shoulder-piece overlapping the side portions of the opposite shoulder-piece, and -m'eajns for adjustably of a blank flexed along its longitudinal center to provide a curved supporting-surface and depending side rtions, the side portions at the inner en of each shoulder-piece overla ping the side portions of the o posite shoul er-piece, means for adjustab connecting said overlapping ends where y the shoulder-pieces may e adjusted and held'at different angles of inclination, and means for maintaining the blanks in flexed position;

, 9. In a coat-hanger, a' supporting device, shoulder-pieces pivotally and detachably mounted on said device, each shoulder-piece dinal center to provide a curved support' surface and depending side portions, the sl de portions at the inner end of each shoulderpiece overla posite sho er-piece, separable adjusting end, of each shoulder-plece overlalpping the side portions of the opposite shou der-piece a se arable adjusting means connecting sai over apping ends whereb the shoulderpieces may be adjusted to ifierent angles of .mclination, and means for maintaining the blank in flexed position.

11. 'In a coat-hanger, a supportin device provided with a pivotin having a t eaded end, shoulder-pieces plvoted' on said pin, a clamping-nut engaging the threaded end of said pin to clamp t efshoulderieces in place on the supporting device, eac of said shoulder-pieces consisting of a blank flexed along its longitudinal center to provide a side portions, the side portions at t e inner end ofeach shoulder-piece overlapping the side portions of the opposite sho der-piece, a spacing-block on t tween said overlapping ends, an a se arable adjusting means connecting said over apping ends whereb the shoulderieces may be adjusted to di erent angles 0 inclination.

12. In a coat-hanger, two pivotallymounted shoulder-pieces, each consistin of a blank of sheet-material flexed along its ongitudinal center, means for maintaining each ank in flexed osition, said means comprising connectingare, each pivoted at one end by another portion to be detachably engaged consisting of a blank flexed along its longitu-' means connectin said overlapping ends e ending side portions, the side portions at t e inner curved supporting-surface and .de ending e pivotin and beping the side portions of the op- IIO Ito one portion of a blank, and means carried by the 0p osite end ofthe bar, and means .whereb t e shoulder-pieces mar be adjust-. ed and eld at different angles 0 inclination. '13. In a coat-hanger, two pivotally-con- 5 nected shoulder-pieces, each consistin of a blank of sheet material flexed along its ongitudinal center means for maintamin each a blank flexed position, and means w ereby the shoulder-pieces may 'be adjusted and [0 held at different angles of inclination. v

14. In a coat-hanger; two pivotally-connected shoulder-pieces, each consist' of a blank of sheet material flexed along its engitudinal center means for maintaini each blank in flexed position, means where y the x 5 shoulder-pieces may be adjusted and held at different angles of inclinatlon, and means for suslgending the shoulderieces.

testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- :0 nesses.

IGNATIUS' GERACI.

Witnesses:

CHAS. LINKINs, J. JEROME LIGHTFOOT. 

